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Tonya Engst 7 comments

How to Choose Your Ideal iPad and Accessories

You've seen the reviews and decided you want an iPad. Read this article to get specific advice on which model to buy and how to pick among the accessories offered by Apple.

Glenn Fleishman 16 comments

Reading Books on the iPad: iBooks, Kindle, and GoodReader

Glenn Fleishman tries reading in several apps - iBooks, Kindle for iPad, and GoodReader for iPad - and finds the experience uniformly positive.

Jeff Carlson No comments

Download a Free Chapter of Jeff Carlson’s iPad Pocket Guide

Did you receive one of the 300,000 new iPads purchased on the first day? Jeff Carlson and Peachpit Press have posted a 21-page excerpt from Jeff's book "The iPad Pocket Guide" as a free PDF download. It covers setting up the iPad and essential features, and offers a taste of what the rest of the book is like when it ships. (Peachpit is offering it for $8.99 with free shipping. To access the PDF file, click the Sample Content tab on the book's product page.)

Adam Engst 17 comments

Apple to Unveil iPhone OS 4 on April 8th

Do Apple programmers ever sleep? Hard on the heels of the iPad release, Apple has just invited media to a special event in Cupertino to talk about the next version of the iPhone OS.

Adam Engst No comments

O’Reilly Webcast Covers iPad’s First 48 Hours

Adam joins O'Reilly Media's Mac Slocum and other O'Reilly authors in this live webcast at 1 PM Pacific on 5 April 2010 to talk about what it was like to use the iPad in the first few days. Don't fret if you missed it, since O'Reilly makes the video of the webcast available for viewing afterward.

Adam Engst 59 comments

Why the iPad Is a Blank Slate, and Why That’s Important

With an iPad in hand, Adam begins to understand what's different about the iPad, and why it's an important step in the future of computing. The key? The iPad doesn't run apps, it becomes them.

Matt Neuburg 19 comments

The iPad: A Developer’s Anti-Contrarian View

The iPad is here, but what will be its future? The world may or may not rush to buy it, but I think developers will rush to program for it.

Doug McLean No comments

Stephen Colbert Wants You to Know He Has an iPad

Stephen Colbert, host of the Comedy Central show "The Colbert Report," recently took a hands-on look at the iPad before it was available to the general public. In addition to examining this week's Newsweek cover featuring the iPad and one unfortunate similarity to the iPhone, Colbert demonstrates some of its lesser known features - including those pertaining to the culinary arts!

Mark H. Anbinder 3 comments

Verizon Makes Wi-Fi Hotspot Service Free on Palm Phones

At first we suspected a delayed April Fool's Day prank, but we checked with our local Verizon Wireless store, and it's true. The cellular provider is now pushing the Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus phones by offering those phones' former $40-per-month Wi-Fi Mobile Hotspot feature for free.

Doug McLean No comments

MobileMe Brings Features To iPad

Apple has announced that the MobileMe features Find My iPhone, Remote Wipe, and content syncing are now available for both the iPad with Wi-Fi and the upcoming model that includes 3G. Forgetful road warriors would do well to consider purchasing a $99 MobileMe membership, as the location-finding and data-clearing features would be worth the cost alone should your iPad go missing. Also, iPad owners who have an iPhone will be pleased to know both devices can work with a single MobileMe account.

Mark H. Anbinder 11 comments

Bento for iPad Not Just a Bigger Box

Many early iPad apps are little more than what you'd get running an iPhone app with its pixels doubled - stretched-out user interfaces with more space, but nothing new. Not so for the Bento personal database app, available now for your shiny new iPad.

Rich Mogull 13 comments

Apple Unveils big iPod touch

Apple has announced plans to release a larger iPod touch to complete their portable product line, silence critics, and better differentiate the iPad.

Jeff Carlson 6 comments

New Find My Locker Feature Boosts iPhone OS Security

The optional four-digit passcode required to access a locked iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch may be enough to thwart casual pickpockets, but determined thieves can get through it easily. A new alternative ensures that only you know the combination.

Adam Engst 28 comments

Eudora Returns… on the iPad

If you've resisted giving up Eudora on your Mac, you'll be pleased to learn that although there hasn't been a new release for the Mac for some years, the program will be making the leap to the iPad, a platform that is in some ways more like the Macs upon which Eudora was originally designed in 1988.

Adam Engst 6 comments

Apple Plans App Store Shakeup with Franchises, Mac Applications

In response to the negative press surrounding app rejections and removals, sources indicate that Apple will soon start franchising the App Store, enabling anyone who meets Apple's criteria to run their own version of the popular virtual marketplace. In related news, Apple's App Store will also start carrying Mac applications.